What does the Scheme cover?

Members of the scheme are covered from the time their GP first refers them to a consultant, through to hospital treatment and follow-up consultations at any of Bupa's national network of Bupa partnership network hospitals.

The No.1 Police Healthcare scheme offers:

Bupa LocalCare cover provided to members of the No. 1 Police Healthcare Scheme	Benefits	Notes
In-patient and day-patient treatment
Hospital charges		In a Bupa partnership network hospital
Consultants’/specialists’ fees		In a Bupa partnership network hospital - Bupa benefit limits apply if the consultant is not a Bupa partnership consultant
Diagnostic tests		In a Bupa partnership network hospital
Radiotherapy/chemotherapy		In a Bupa partnership network hospital. Benefit limits apply if the consultant oncologist is not a Bupa partnership consultant
Psychiatric treatment
Out-patient treatment
Consultations with a consultant/specialist	Up to £1000 a year *	With a Bupa recognised consultant
Diagnostic tests		MRI, CT and PET scans in a Bupa recognised out-patient diagnostic imaging centre
Radiotherapy/chemotherapy		In a Bupa partnership network hospital or, for certain conditions, a Bupa specialist treatment centre. Benefit limits apply if the consultant oncologist is not a Bupa partnership consultant
Physiotherapy (and other therapies)	Up to £500 a year *	On a GP or Bupa recognised consultant referral to a Bupa recognised therapist. This is a combined overall benefit limit for all therapies
Psychiatric treatment
Additional benefits
Nursing at home	Up to £600 a year	Following eligible private in-patient treatment covered by your scheme
Private ambulance	Up to £120 a year	£60 maximum for any one trip
Parent accommodation		When staying with a child under 12 receiving eligible private in-patient treatment, one parent only
NHS cash benefit
Complementary medicine	Up to £250 of available cover *	On GP or Bupa recognised consultant referral, with a Bupa recognised complementary medicine practitioner

Download a copy of the No.1 Police Healthcare Scheme policy summary

* Please note that this is the total amount we will pay for consultations, physiotherapy (and other therapies) and complementary medicine combined.